Thursday, January 20, 2011

R&D Qualifying Requirement

Any systematic, investigation and experimental study that involves novelty or technical risk carried out in the field of science or technology with the object of acquiring new knowledge or using the results of the study for the production or improvement of materials, devices, products, produce, or process but exclude
a) quality control or routine testing of materials, devices or products
b) research in the social sciences or the humanities
c) routine data collection
d) efficiency surveys or management studies
e) market research or sales promotion
f) routine modifications or changes to material, devices, products, process or production method
g) cosmetic modifications or stylistic changes to materials, devices, products, process or production method
h) development of computer software that is not intended to sold, rented, leased, licensed or hired to 2 or more persons who are not related parties


Systematic, investigation and experimental study:
- Activities of a systematic, investigative and experimental nature would be work done to discover something unknown, to test a proposed solution to a technical problem, or to find something out


Novelty or Technical risk:
- Novelty: new in relation to the creation or improvement of materials, devices, products, produce, process or knowledge
- Technical risk: issues cannot be readily resolved by a competent professional in a relevant field





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